WILLIAM R. DAVIE

[The Father of the University of North Carolina is buried at Waxhaw Church, Lancaster County, S.C. The following inscription is attributed to his friend, Governor Gaston of South Carlina. Davie was not born, however, in Edinburgh but at Egremont, near Whitehaven, in Cumberland County, North England.]

In This Grave are Deposited The Remains of
WILLIAM R. DAVIE,

The Soldier, Jurist, Statesman, and Patriot.
In the Glorious War for
American Independence

He Fought among the Foremost of the Brave.
As an Advocate at the Bar,
He was Diligent, Sagacious, Zealous,
Incorruptibly Honest, of Commanding Eloquence.
In the Legislative Hall

He had no Superior in Enlarged Vision
And Profound Plans of Policy.

Single in his Ends, Varied in his Means, Indefatigable
In his Exertions.

Representing his Nation in an Important Embassy,
He Evinced his Characteristic Devotion to her Interests
-And Manifested a Peculiar Fitness for Diplomacy.
Polished in Manners, Firm in Action,

Candid without Imprudence, Wise above Deceit.
A True Lover of his Country,

Always preferring the People's Good to the People's Favor.
Though he disdained to Fawn for Office,

He filled most of the Stations to which Ambition might Aspire,
And declining no Public Trust,
Ennobled whatever he Accepted
By True Dignity and Talent,

Which he brought into the Discharge of its Functions.
A Great Man in an Age of Great Men.

In Life he was Admired and Beloved by the Virtuous and

the Wise.

In Death he has Silenced Calumny and Caused Envy to Mourn. He was Born in Edinburgh, 1756,

And Died in South Carolina in 1820.

JEFFERSON DAVIS

[Monument in Richmond, Virginia.]
Deo Vindice

Pro Jure Civitatum
Pro Aris et Focis

JEFFERSON DAVIS

President
of

The Confederate States
Of America

1861-1865

[Interior Architrave]

"Not in hostility to others, not to injure any section of the Country, not even for our own pecuniary benefit; but from the high and solemn motive of defending and protecting the rights we inherited and which it is our duty to transmit unshorn to our children."-Jefferson Davis, U. S. Senate, Jan. 21st, 1861.

[Exterior Architrave]

Erected by the people of the South in honor of their great Leader, commemorating their love for the man, their reverence for his virtues, their gratitude for his services.

The Navy

of the

Confederate States

Giving new examples of
Heroism

Teaching new

Methods of warfare,

It carried the
Flag of the South

to

The most distant Seas.

If to die nobly be ever the proudest glory of virtue, this of all men has fortune greatly granted to them: for, yearning with deep desire to clothe their country with freedom, now at last they rest, full of an ageless fame.

The Army

of the

Confederate States

From
Sumter

to

Appomattox,
Four years of
Unflinching struggle
Against
Overwhelming Odds.

Glory ineffable these around their dear land wrapping, wrapt around themselves the purple mantle of death. Dying, they died not at all, but, from the grave and its shadows, valor invincible lifts them glorified ever on high.

VARINA HOWELL DAVIS

[Monument in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.]

Sacred to the memory of

VARINA HOWELL DAVIS
Beloved and faithful wife of
JEFFERSON DAVIS

And devoted mother of his children.
"Her children arise up and call her
Blessed; her husband also and he
Praiseth her." "She stretcheth out her
Hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth
Forth her hands to the needy.'
Give her the fruit of her hands,
And let her own works praise her
In the Gates.

VARINA ANNE DAVIS

[Monument in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.]

[East Side.]

In memory of

VARINA ANNE DAVIS

Daughter of the Confederacy.

The beloved child of Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America, And Varina Howell Davis.

[South Side]

The whole country touched

By her blameless and heroic career,
Mingled its tears with those
Who knew and loved her.

He giveth his beloved sleep.

[West Side]

Erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Nov. 9, 1899.

In the flower of her beauty, rarely Gifted in intellect, this noble woman Trustfully rendered up her stainless Soul to God who gave it. Brave and steadfast, her loyal spirit Was worthy of her people's Glorious history.

[North Side]

Born in the Executive Mansion

Richmond, Va.

Died Sept. 18, 1898,
At Narragansett Pier,

Rhode Island.

This monument is erected
By contributions from citizens
Of every State in the American Union,
On the site authorized

By the 51st General Assembly
Of the State of Tennessee.

1909

[Rear]

When the Lord calls up earth's heroes,
To stand before His face,

O, many a name, unknown to fame
Shall ring from that high place;
Then out of a grave in the Southland
At the just God's call and beck,
Shall one man rise with fearless eyes
With a rope about his neck;
O Southland! bring your laurels,
And add your wreath, O North!
Let glory claim the hero's name
And tell the world his worth.

-Ella Wheeler Wilcox.